i am half spanish and irish..i know what it feels like to be brown and white.. adversity is tough when purity is always held high and half breed is shunned
@TheBannedPoet Wow! That's unreal! Thanks for sharing this valuable information. Those of us with a voice must continue to speak, that's the only way to affect change. Thanks for posting.
@flatulantbrothers Yes, this is true. But there are very few people anymore that are really pure anything. Keep being who you are, because that's what matters most! : )
@MusikkIzMiLiffee Thanks lady! Yes, love who you are, because no matter what, that's the light that will shine and that you can share with others! Thanks for the note! : )
@Maddluv4eric Definitely one of my favorite as well! I performed in the play when I was in college (yes, at Wesleyan). I was Lady Purple. It still is one of my favorite shows, it was a very special cast. : ) I thought they did okay with the movie too!
@4tabula2rasa0 I can only imagine what you go through. I know when I was a kid people used to ask my mom whose child I was! And she was like "She's MINE!" Sending you and your brother love. What matters is that YOU both know you're family! Thanks for posting! : )
@Shojahan Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. I do wish you could have chosen another way to share it, but I still accept your opinion, as well, yours. For future reference, the oldest skeleton in the world comes from Africa. So technically every human being is a descendant of Africa. Also, for your reference, my great great grandmother was born into slavery, and my father was of African American descent. And I don't think I mentioned Cleopatra in my poem. Thanks.
@alicetheninth Yes Alicetheninth....I might be a vision of the future in which cooperation, tolerance and love can exist together. Co-exist...the world has always been that way, from the beginning of time.
@Tairaacangrox The truth is, everyone these days has some mix of something. Find out who you are inside, and work from there. The people that know and love you will be there no matter what! : )
@imaqtee1 Yes, totally stupid reason not to like anyone. Glad to hear you stuck it out and it sounds like you are stronger for having had to deal with that. Stay strong! : )
@Maddluv4eric AWESOME! : ) I actually walked by Ntzake Shange at the premiere of the movie....but I was too shy (I know right...) to say hello! Oh well...
@newbei440 So, I almost didn't post your comment, but then I decided that your opinion should be allowed to be heard. I have to say, what I REALLY believe, is that everyone descends from the same two people, who I believe were "black." So, in that case, mixed or not, we ALL are black. However, the more important thing to take away, I think, is that life is about finding one's own expression of who they are, that no one should simply be defined by the color of their skin, but by who they are.
I know how she feel. Im multi-racial raised my a multi-racial mother. I am what the world call High Yellow. Blacks didnt like me b/c I was bright skin with long hair. A stupid reason not to like anyone. But I wasnt a push over and I didnt take BS even as a young age.
@shellion5 Thanks shellion5! I take this as a positive wow! But if you meant it another way, forgive my inability to read between the lines! Thanks for taking the time to post. : )
def poetry needs to come back
This gave me chills. so incredible.
i am half spanish and irish..i know what it feels like to be brown and white.. adversity is tough when purity is always held high and half breed is shunned
@Razer1X2003 Tell HBO they need to get on it!!! : ) There's a whole other generation of new hot poets out there too!!! : )
@TheBannedPoet Wow! That's unreal! Thanks for sharing this valuable information. Those of us with a voice must continue to speak, that's the only way to affect change. Thanks for posting.
I listened to this poem once everyday all last semester.
So great.
@scootigger - Thanks scootigger! I am totally flattered by your support! : )
@flatulantbrothers Yes, this is true. But there are very few people anymore that are really pure anything. Keep being who you are, because that's what matters most! : )
I love this video, I just wish the vocal quality was better.
@MusikkIzMiLiffee Thanks lady! Yes, love who you are, because no matter what, that's the light that will shine and that you can share with others! Thanks for the note! : )
@Maddluv4eric Definitely one of my favorite as well! I performed in the play when I was in college (yes, at Wesleyan). I was Lady Purple. It still is one of my favorite shows, it was a very special cast. : ) I thought they did okay with the movie too!
@RottenPeachState706 Thanks for this thoughtful post. I really appreciate it!
@4tabula2rasa0 I can only imagine what you go through. I know when I was a kid people used to ask my mom whose child I was! And she was like "She's MINE!" Sending you and your brother love. What matters is that YOU both know you're family! Thanks for posting! : )
@Shojahan Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. I do wish you could have chosen another way to share it, but I still accept your opinion, as well, yours. For future reference, the oldest skeleton in the world comes from Africa. So technically every human being is a descendant of Africa. Also, for your reference, my great great grandmother was born into slavery, and my father was of African American descent. And I don't think I mentioned Cleopatra in my poem. Thanks.
@GagnezTV - Thanks G! P.S. - For everyone visiting here, Gagnez produced the CD that this poem is on "Super Woman" - just fyi! : )
@g0elephant Thanks for these valuable questions to help encourage those who do not see....to, well...see! : ) Thanks for posting.
@alicetheninth Yes Alicetheninth....I might be a vision of the future in which cooperation, tolerance and love can exist together. Co-exist...the world has always been that way, from the beginning of time.
@Tairaacangrox The truth is, everyone these days has some mix of something. Find out who you are inside, and work from there. The people that know and love you will be there no matter what! : )
@DrunkenPoetic Sooo, some of the most amazing poetry I've ever seen was in a coffee shop. So, thanks! : )
@Hedonistic100 - Thank you for the love! : )
@imaqtee1 Yes, totally stupid reason not to like anyone. Glad to hear you stuck it out and it sounds like you are stronger for having had to deal with that. Stay strong! : )
Love the spoken word wish they would bring def jam back
@Maddluv4eric AWESOME! : ) I actually walked by Ntzake Shange at the premiere of the movie....but I was too shy (I know right...) to say hello! Oh well...
@lub783 Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to post! : )
she mentioned one of my favorite books!!! For colored girls ;-)
@newbei440 So, I almost didn't post your comment, but then I decided that your opinion should be allowed to be heard. I have to say, what I REALLY believe, is that everyone descends from the same two people, who I believe were "black." So, in that case, mixed or not, we ALL are black. However, the more important thing to take away, I think, is that life is about finding one's own expression of who they are, that no one should simply be defined by the color of their skin, but by who they are.
WOW exactly how i feel!!
@deelo2020 Thanks deelo2020! That's very kind of you. : )
That was dope!
I know how she feel. Im multi-racial raised my a multi-racial mother. I am what the world call High Yellow. Blacks didnt like me b/c I was bright skin with long hair. A stupid reason not to like anyone. But I wasnt a push over and I didnt take BS even as a young age.
@TheSilentJason - Thank you!
@Koolfeeltakingz - Thanks so much! : )
i LOVED it!
@COURTNEYSTEELE23 - Thank you!
@halrenrice YES IT DOES!!! ALL SHADES!!! Don't listen to those folks! : )
@GelatoEyes Thank you so much! : )
fantastic!!!
@Junior012c Thank you! I appreciate it!
wow she is awesomely sico.
@YoungFlipChick YAY! Thanks! : )
That was tizzight!!
-G
@segaula220 - Thank you!
@MusikkIzMiLiffee Yes, I know the feeling, only it's with my mother. And I don't really look like either of them. Thanks for posting. : )
@jokergirls420 Thank you! : ) I'ma keep goin' if I can! : )
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
@SwytSha Thank you!!! : )
@Guatorican15 That's funny, because I always thought I was too brown to pass. I suppose it's all a matter of perception. Thanks for posting.
@mikejpete Yes Mike. I agree with you. Thanks for this! : )
@shellion5 Thanks shellion5! I take this as a positive wow! But if you meant it another way, forgive my inability to read between the lines! Thanks for taking the time to post. : )
@BeSuperb yeah me too!!
@zoracfl3me Thanks! I appreciate it! : )
@TheFreeurmind Thanks for posting. I'll check it out. : )
@toretsblaby It's "chola" - google it and let me know what you come up with! : )
@djshawtyg LOL! Thanks...but you know, it's TV, I had a lot of help : )
@koolinturn Thanks!!!! : )
@g0elephant You couldn't have said it any better my friend.
The future of America. May God have mercy on us all :(
damn she fine
@timdw1988 Thank you! : )
@cowtipper222 Thanks for identifying! : ) And for posting. : )
@COURTNEYSTEELE23 YOU'RE WELCOME.
@idreaminblacknwhite Thanks! Yeah, a copy of a copy...my bad : ( Thanks for posting.
@newbei440 no one is white and no one is black. We are all people of the sun.
@24neish Thanks 24neish... : )
@4tabula2rasa0 Thanks : )
@cjcalled Thank you for the love! : )
@BeSuperb lol!! oh no!! It happens though ;-)
@marq89 Write to HBO and tell them what's up!!! : )
@pockbrook - My name's Nafeesa Monroe : )
This is the shit!
Coffee shop poetry...meh.
She looks mad white to me not even black